#4E5261#4E5261

#4E5261 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.025 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5261
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 97)
HSL	hsl(227, 11%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(227, 20%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 15.5%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.04, 1.98, -9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.04, 9.45, 282.12°)
OKLab	oklab(44.07% 0.0016 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(44.07% 0.025 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3163, 8.5172, 12.5128)
Luminance	0.0852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5261 #615D4E

analogous

#4E5C61 #4E5261 #544E61

triadic

#4E5261 #614E52 #52614E

tetradic

#4E5261 #614E5C #615D4E #4E6154

square

#4E5261 #614E5C #615D4E #4E6154

split-complementary

#4E5261 #61544E #5C614E

monochromatic

#17191D #33353F #4E5261 #696F83 #898EA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#4E5261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4E5261 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5261

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5261	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.025 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f828e',
    500: '#4e5261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5261;
$custom-light: #7f828e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.368,
    "s": 10.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44067,
    "c": 0.02517,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5261

secondary

#8F8B7C

accent

#A674B4

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5261

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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